INTEGRATE met on June 4, 2007 and began the development of a paper to support member work in technology integration across all grade levels. The following was decided on by the group:
PURPOSE
The paper would be used by members with various audiences in their districts. Numerous purposes were discussed for the use of the paper including:
Informing Legislators and the DCET Board
Driving district initiatives
Educating teachers
Supporting or not supporting vendor initiatives
Promoting best practice
LIFE SPAN
The group felt that every effort should be made to maximize the lifespan of this document (in a way similar to the Computer Skills Growth Chart). To support this, it is the group's hope that we can minimize technology that would easily date the document. This would include hardware, software, units, lessons, etc. Instead, the group hopes to consider linked resources of this nature at a later date.
AUDIENCE
Legislators
DCET Board of Directors
District Administrators
Building Administrators
Teachers
FORMAT
The group held significant discussion about the format of the paper and viewed documentation that delineated the formats for both White Papers and Position Papers. Both types of papers create the expectation that the authoring group will provide a "counter-position" or multiple perspectives on the topic, and the group was not sure how to approach this aspect of the paper or if providing a counter position would be beneficial for its purposes. The group decided to "just start writing" and see where we ended up therefore, no decision was made about the format as concensus could not be reached.
LENGTH
Though not formally agreed upon, a discussion was held about length. A maximum of 10-12 pages was discussed in the literature. An executive summary will also be needed.
PATH FORWARD
Members of the group present broke the document into the sections indicated and agreed to oversee the development of "something" for the pages as indicated in the table of contents - BUT EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO CONTRIBUTE, EDIT, AND MODIFY. It is hoped that by June 14 (the next meeting) that there will be a "straw man" with which to work.
Appoquinimink
Brandywine
Cape Henlopen
Capital
Caesar Rodney
Christina
Colonial
Lake Forest
Laurel
Milford
Newark Charter
New Castle County Vo-Tech
Polytech
Providence Creek
Red Clay
Seaford
Smyrna
Sussex Tech
Mike asked me to add a link to my website and to my del.icio.us links -- Pat Sine
Delaware Center for Educational Technology
INTEGRATE met on June 4, 2007 and began the development of a paper to support member work in technology integration across all grade levels. The following was decided on by the group:
PURPOSE
The paper would be used by members with various audiences in their districts. Numerous purposes were discussed for the use of the paper including:LIFE SPAN
The group felt that every effort should be made to maximize the lifespan of this document (in a way similar to the Computer Skills Growth Chart). To support this, it is the group's hope that we can minimize technology that would easily date the document. This would include hardware, software, units, lessons, etc. Instead, the group hopes to consider linked resources of this nature at a later date.AUDIENCE
FORMAT
The group held significant discussion about the format of the paper and viewed documentation that delineated the formats for both White Papers and Position Papers. Both types of papers create the expectation that the authoring group will provide a "counter-position" or multiple perspectives on the topic, and the group was not sure how to approach this aspect of the paper or if providing a counter position would be beneficial for its purposes. The group decided to "just start writing" and see where we ended up therefore, no decision was made about the format as concensus could not be reached.LENGTH
Though not formally agreed upon, a discussion was held about length. A maximum of 10-12 pages was discussed in the literature. An executive summary will also be needed.PATH FORWARD
Members of the group present broke the document into the sections indicated and agreed to oversee the development of "something" for the pages as indicated in the table of contents - BUT EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO CONTRIBUTE, EDIT, AND MODIFY. It is hoped that by June 14 (the next meeting) that there will be a "straw man" with which to work.